Keir’s surrender
LABOUR can try to dress up its recognition of a Palestinian state however it likes, but it amounts to a sickening green light for terrorism.
“One of the fruits of October 7,” is how Hamas’s Ghazi Hamad previously described the pathetic gesture, acknowledging that it is a clear reward for Hamas’s rape, torture and slaughter of more than 1,000 innocent Israeli civilians in 2023.
The move, as Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy admits, will not end war in Gaza, feed any children there, lead to the release of any hostages or get remotely closer to a two-state solution.
As for “reviving hopes of peace”, it will likely do the opposite — since it will embolden terrorists with no interest in ending the bloodshed.
Sacrificing Gazans to the Israeli retaliation that Hamas knew its atrocity would provoke was always part of its strategy to whip up antisemitic feeling around the world.
And that antisemitism still thrives within Labour.
The truth is that No10 came under pressure from its own hard-Left MPs and those whose seats depend on Muslim votes . . . and it buckled.
It is not just a capitulation to those who always hated Israel, but represents a craven surrender to cold-blooded murderers.
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Axe & cut tax
ANOTHER day, another damning report on the state of the economy which should have Rachel Reeves rethinking plans to impose yet more growth-destroying tax rises.
But will she? Yael Selfin, Chief Economist at major accounting firm KPMG, is the latest to warn that — with households already suffering from soaring bills and falling wages — “elevated tax burdens” will only make things worse.
As if we needed an economist to tell us that.
Any family struggling to put food on the table; any business having to lay off staff because of the National Insurance hike knows it.
The answer is equally clear: Slash unsustainable welfare and unaffordable public spending.
Clear to everybody except the Chancellor, it seems.
The country is on course for a financial disaster.
She needs to slam on the brakes before it’s too late.
Runway success
TRANSPORT Secretary Heidi Alexander has signed off on a £2.2billion expansion of Gatwick, overruling local NIMBYs.
It’s a victory for holidaymakers — both coming and going.
A proper second runway could pave the way for 100,000 extra flights a year, new long-haul routes and millions more arrivals by high-value international tourists, bringing a £275million-a-year boost to the area and the wider economy.
Gatwick, you are clear for take-off!
